As we reported in March, coal currently accounts for less than 40% of US electricity production. But now new<a href="http://www.ihs.com/products/cera/index.aspx"> research from IHS CERA</a> reveals that coal use in the US has dropped to the lowest level since 1949, as the nation switches to natural gas and cleaner, cheaper alternatives. This year, US utilities firms are forecast to burn 808 million tons of coal, a 13% decline from last year and the fewest tons since 1992....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/us-coal-produced-electricity-to-fall-to-the-lowest-level-since-1949/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Coal Power station

As we reported in March, coal currently accounts for less than 40% of US electricity production. But now new<a href="http://www.ihs.com/products/cera/index.aspx"> research from IHS CERA</a> reveals that coal use in the US has dropped to the lowest level since 1949, as the nation switches to natural gas and cleaner, cheaper alternatives. This year, US utilities firms are forecast to burn 808 million tons of coal, a 13% decline from last year and the fewest tons since 1992....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/us-coal-produced-electricity-to-fall-to-the-lowest-level-since-1949/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Coal

As we reported in March, coal currently accounts for less than 40% of US electricity production. But now new<a href="http://www.ihs.com/products/cera/index.aspx"> research from IHS CERA</a> reveals that coal use in the US has dropped to the lowest level since 1949, as the nation switches to natural gas and cleaner, cheaper alternatives. This year, US utilities firms are forecast to burn 808 million tons of coal, a 13% decline from last year and the fewest tons since 1992....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/us-coal-produced-electricity-to-fall-to-the-lowest-level-since-1949/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Coal power plant

As we reported in March, coal currently accounts for less than 40% of US electricity production. But now new research from IHS CERA reveals that coal use in the US has dropped to the lowest level since 1949, as the nation switches to natural gas and cleaner, cheaper alternatives. This year, US utilities firms are forecast to burn 808 million tons of coal, a 13% decline from last year and the fewest tons since 1992....